Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

WM. KELSEY AND A. G. KELSEY, OF DELAVAN, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

D Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. 56,761, dated July 3l, 1866.

To all whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that we. WILLIAM A. KELsEY and A. G. KELSEY, of Delavan, Walworth county, State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Washing-Machines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicatiomin which Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. l

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Our improvement in this class of useful domestic utensils consists in a novel arrangement and application of well-known devices for the purpose of rendering it more convenient and efficient as a clothes washer, while by a simple change of'position of some of the parts the wash-tub is cleared of' the rubbing apparatus and can be used also for a rinsing tub, thereby making a saving by the employ- Inent of one article for both purposes.

The washing-tub is a long rectangular box, A A, in which, on the bottom, are to be hung crosswise a set of rollers,vB B, in a concave block, a ct. which is attached at one end to the bottom of the tub by hinges b b, and over which is suspended a corrugated rubber, C, convex in form, to tit the concave set of rollers B B. It hangs by rods o o on each side to a roller, f, the ends of which pass through slots s s in the upper partV of two standards, D D, which are fastened to the sides of the tub A A. The rubber O has arms t' t on both sides extending to the front end of the washingmachiue, where they are connected by the crossbar It, with which it is worked by the hand'by pushing back and forth.

When it is desired to convert the washingmachine into a rinsing-tub the rubber C is turned up at one end and also the block a a, with the rollers B B, by means of the hinges b b, as indicated iu red lines Fig. l.

The tubAA sets upon four legs, c c c c, and underneath is a treadle, d, extending from back to front and-connected with a cross-roller, g, whichhangs upon the lower ends of two sliding bars, c e, which run up by the sides of the standards D D and are suspended to the ends of the roller f. Loose side frames, t t, connect the roller g with a roller, fn, which hangs in the hind legs of the machine nearthe bottom. To the middle of the roller gA is attached a spiral spring, h, which passes up to the under side of the tub A A, with which itis connected by a ring at p.

When the treadle d is pressed upon by the person washing' at the front end of the Inachine it draws the rubber G down upon the clothes lying upon the set of rollers B B by means of the sliding bars e e, which. act on the roller f, working in the slots s s. The spring his then expanded; but when the treadle is released the spring contracts and the rubber is raised again from the rollers B B1.

Having described the construction and operation or" our improved washing-machine, what we claim as I1ew,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V The combination of the hinged roller-block a a. and the swinging rubber O with the washtub A A, for the purpose of converting it, when. desired, into a rinsing-tub, arranged and operated as herein specified.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 30th day of April, 1866.

WM. KE-LSEY.

A. Gr. KELSEY. Witnesses:

A. B. PAEsoNs, F. WOELELEN. 

